namely, but oppoing doma, by saying that he would not carry out the unconstitutional mandate that we not get the same benefits as anybody else. there is no general federal marriage policy. so, again, in public policy, he did just the right thing. but as you know, we have several referenda coming. and there has been some effort within the african-american community to kind of say, oh, well, family stability is important. these people are trying to undermine it. in the california referenda in 2008, people were quoting barack obama's opposition at that point to same-sex marriage, in literature aimed at the black community. we have a very important referendum coming up this year in the state of maryland, where the legislature got this, governor o'malley took the lead, and same-sex marriage was approved. i was fearing that you would see people who were trying not to allow this to go forward, invoking president obama in the referendum. now they won't be able to do that. plus, that's it's also important what the president says. and i think with regard to bill clinton, it was important that